Evolution Revolution

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According to Charles Darwin, how can evolution be defined?

  • Descent with modification (correct)
  • The adaptations of organisms
  • The study of fossils
  • The unity and diversity of life

What did the study of fossils help to lay the groundwork for?

  • The ideas about change over time (correct)
  • The Darwinian revolution
  • The unity and diversity of life
  • The adaptations of organisms

Where are ancestral species typically found?

  • In the study of fossils
  • In upper layers of sedimentary rock
  • In the remote past
  • In lower layers of sedimentary rock (correct)

What did Charles Darwin publish in 1859?

<p>The Origin of Species (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Darwinian revolution challenge?

<p>Traditional views of a young Earth inhabited by unchanging species (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which book did Charles Darwin publish in 1859?

<p>The Origin of Species (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Darwin's phrase 'descent with modification' refer to?

<p>The view that all organisms are related through descent from an ancestor (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are fossils?

<p>Remains or traces of organisms from the past (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where are ancestral species typically found in the layers of sedimentary rock?

<p>Lower layers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Darwinian revolution challenge?

<p>Traditional views of a young Earth inhabited by unchanging species (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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